kthorne@umich.edu
This is a large quilt, about 56 X 56. It hangs on my sewing room wall. 2004
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I started this one with the sun and the (vertical) pine trees. Then I added lots of other sections and then took some away. That’s the way these things usually work. It’s 26 X 41″.
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Yes, it’s a new year, 2021, and we are all thankful that there is a vaccine for COVID-19. This piece (21 X 30″) features my hand-dyed fabrics (and a few commercial prints) Some of the hand-dyed are also stenciled. I love the vibrant colors. Two detail photos below.
Upper left corner, my sister and family and two corgi angels. Upper right corner me and Tom, dog and 2 cats, and step-kids. Lower right corner mom with a crossword umbrella and pies in the window. Lower left corner, my brother and his family, 3 boys and their sports.
This one seems appropriate for a New Year. Completed in 2007. Collection of Susan Froelich.
First one was my prototype, the others I made as gifts.
This wild piece is about 28 X 29″. I started by pulling out yellow, orange and red fabrics, then added hot pink and a little turquoise as I went along. Detail below. Good colors for grey days!
I used some hand-dyed green as a starting point for this one, adding commercial print fabrics with some darks and lights for contrast and interest. I had lots of green strips from another project that I used around the edges. Continuing my interest in the free-cut circle forms. Size is 28″ x 42″.
“Am I Blue” is a bluesy kind of song from 1929. I learned it from a friend in high school. This piece features some nice blues, plus black and white for contrast. Circular quilting in the center area. 25 X 38″ Detail below.
This piece started with the stripes. A colorful variety. (and I didn’t use all that I had!) I wanted to add black and white for contrast and interest. Here is what happened. Size: 32 X 33″
I didn’t really set out to make a quilt with colors of the sunset. But it seems to have worked out that way. I dyed these fabrics and some are stamped as well. Size is 26 X 26″
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